DOs and DO NOTs
DO
Buy a museum card.
It’s good for five days and costs 85
Turkish Lira -- about $25 USD.
Go to two museums and it pays for
itself.
It also lets you cut the line.
The pass includes Topkapi, Ayasofya
and many other top-drawer cultural treasures.
DO NOT
Engage in a conversation with a man
speaking English around the famous museums and Blue Mosque.
He will tell you the mosque is closed
(you cannot visit during the 5 prayer times, but he will fib about it being
closed all day).
He is a carpet tout.
He will offer you tea (far superior to
Turkish coffee).
He will try to sell you a pricey
Turkish carpet – even if you tell him you are allergic to the fabric.
For a “free” 1 TL tea, you will get a
sales pitch for half an hour.
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